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A European Solution To America’S Basketball Problem: Reforming Amateur Basketball In The United States, Jaimie K. Mcfarlin, Joshua Lee Aug 2014

A European Solution To America’S Basketball Problem: Reforming Amateur Basketball In The United States, Jaimie K. Mcfarlin, Joshua Lee

Jaimie K. McFarlin

The system of amateur and collegiate basketball in America is flawed, as every year, thousands of young men and women pursue their basketball dreams under the shadow of a multi-million dollar, predatory business model. Integral to telling the history of the NCAA and AAU organizations are recruiting horror stories and other examples of young talents who were taken advantage of by unscrupulous actors, both of which continue today. The commercialization and professionalization of amateur basketball has fed an ecosystem of exploitation in which private actors and institutions capitalize on the American mantra of "amateurism." The European system of amateur athletics …


Unesco’S Cultural Heritage Lists: Protecting Indigenous Traditional Sports And Games, Jesse W. Busta Aug 2012

Unesco’S Cultural Heritage Lists: Protecting Indigenous Traditional Sports And Games, Jesse W. Busta

Jesse Busta

This Note, entitled UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage Lists: Protecting Indigenous Traditional Sports and Games, will be the first to examine fully from a legal perspective a proposal to develop a means for protecting indigenous traditional sports and games, which are a valuable asset to all humanity. Protections are needed for indigenous traditional sports and games due to the harmful effects of globalization and the deviation of today’s people from their ancestors’ traditions. Currently, only tangible cultural heritage and limited intangible cultural heritage are protected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”). Cultural heritage forms the backbone of human …